King repealed auto testing why ?
In Maine, which because of prevailing winds gets smog from most of the Northeast, there were so many complaints about $24 tests that began in the state's southern half last July that the state suspended the mandatory program in November. The fee was reduced to $14 and the tests were made voluntary, but ultimately the whole program was repealed.
This state has never had any kind of emissions testing ever, then it went from 0 to 60 immediately,'' Deborah Garrett, a spokeswoman for the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, said. ``The process was not familiar and people are very sensitive when it comes to someone messing around with their cars.''
Legislators in Maine are now considering whether to ask Gov. Angus S. King Jr. to withdraw the northern reaches of the state from the regional ozone group -- exempting motorists there from any future clean-air requirements.
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Comment by MaineHiker on April 12, 2013 at 5:05pm
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Again, King proves to be a rabid fox.
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Comment by Norman Mitchell on April 11, 2013 at 11:09pm
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http://wps.prenhall.com/wps/media/objects/1027/1052055/Regional_Upd... alot of good links here no air pollution threat in US so again I ask you Why wind power ? Look at governmets own info best source of info against wind power !
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http://www.airnow.gov/?action=airnow.local_city&zipcode=04224&a... How can this be ? The U.S. EPA, NOAA, NPS, tribal, state, and local agencies developed the AIRNow Web site to provide the public with easy access to national air quality information. The Web site offers daily AQI forecasts as well as real-time AQI conditions for over 300 cities across the US, and provides links to more detailed State and local air quality Web sites. SO WHY WIND POWER ??
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Air now shows no pollution in whole us wind power why ?
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http://www.airnow.gov/ Local air quality interesting site
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King spurned a federal mandate to participate in a vehicle emissions program. The program, part of the 1991 Clear Air Act adopted by Congress, charged car owners $24 to perform emissions tests.
In 1998, facing the loss of an estimated $100 million in federal highway funds for spurning the emissions law, King and the Legislature enacted a scaled-back version that mandated auto testing only in Cumberland County.
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Like I said Gov King repealed the auto testing because pollution IN Maine IS FROM OUT OF STATE . So the fact is wind power would have no effect on Maine air quality even IF it worked .
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New York Times
Maine Repeals Emissions-Testing Program
Published: April 28, 1995
With little debate or dissension, the Maine Legislature has voted to repeal the nation's first comprehensive auto-emissions testing program. Gov. Angus King is expected to sign the measure into law.The House and Senate approved the bill on Wednesday.
Systems Control Inc., a subsidiary of the Snap-On Tools Corporation, has a $42 million contract to operate the seven testing centers in Maine. A lawyer for the company, Richard Spencer, said Systems Control would sue the state for damages next week.
The testing program was approved by the Legislature in 1992 as the centerpiece of the state's plan for reducing smog-creating emissions by 15 percent to comply with the Federal Clean Air Act.
Tests began last July, but were immediately met with opposition from residents who considered them unnecessary, overly expensive and unreliable. The program was suspended in September.
Mr. King, an independent, called this month for repealing the program as a part of a revised clean-air strategy.
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Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT
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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/
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Hannah Pingree on the Maine expedited wind law
Hannah Pingree - Director of Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future
"Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."
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